“Donald Trump is absolutely going to be the Republican candidate
for president of the United States,” Moore told BI. “It’s going
from being a joke to being a serious reality.”

Moore elaborated by saying that "people are feeling
more and more that we've moved back into a darker time."

But the progressive documentary director thinks it's impossible
that Trump will become president, because, as he
puts it, “81 percent of the country is either women, people of
color, or youth between the ages of 18 to 31,” groups that he
says Trump has alienated.

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Moore believes the selection of the next president will come down
to the voter turnout by the Democrats.

“My side of of the political fence is the slacker side of the
fence,” Moore said. “When people ask me, 'Who should we vote in
the primaries?' I say, ‘You should vote for who you think should
be president.’ Don't vote for who has a better chance, because
whoever has a ‘D’ by their name on the ballot is going to win,
assuming we get the vote out.”

And right now, he sees Bernie Sanders having the edge over
Hillary Clinton.

“My biggest concern about Hillary right now is her lack of
inspiration," Moore said. “She doesn't get big crowds.
There's not a lot of excitement about her. Too many young people
see her as the same-old, same-old politics. So she is going to
have to have a bit of what Obama had and a bit of what Bernie has
if she's going to be the candidate. I honestly believe that
Bernie Sanders could be elected president of the United States. I
think people will pour out in droves to elect him and there's
just not enough angry white guys anymore over the age of 35 to
put Trump in office.”